Canada's telecommunications...

TOUGH TARGET, HIGH HOPES.

September 11, 1987

OTTAWA — TOUGH TARGET, HIGH HOPES. Canada's telecommunications industry has its sights high -- in tough territory. Representatives of 11 companies are in Tokyo this week, making their first major push to penetrate the Japanese market. A spokesman said the effort includes a series of technical seminars and meetings sponsored by Canadian and Japanese government communications ministries. Peter Liebel, a federal communications official, said initial results of the meetings are encouraging. He cited a continuing liberalization of the Japanese telecommunications market and a decided push for market opening by the Japanese Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications.